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REYN OLD KOHLHAAS, OF PATERSON, NEV JERSEY.

RIBBON-LOOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part lof Letters Patent No. 289,916, dated December 11, 1883.

Application filed December 30, 1881. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REYNOLD KoHLHAAs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and'useful Improvement in Ribbon-Looms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention consists of an improved com- Io bination of devices for .moving and guiding the curved shuttles of ribbon-looms, which will be hereinafter more fully explained, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure l ofthe drawings is a front elevation I5 of part of the batten of a ribbon-loom, showing a portion ofl the mechanism for actuating the shuttle. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the parts shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan of part of the loom. Fig. 4 is an end elevation ofthe 2o loom. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of-a shuttle. Fig. 6 is an under sideview of a shuttle. Fig. 7 is a view of the upper side of the same. Fig. 8 is a plan of the shuttle. Fig. 9 is a section on line P P of Fig. l. Fig. 10 is asection on line N N of Fig. l, the shuttlebeing moved to the left. Fig. 11 is a view of a portion of the mechanism for operating the rack and shuttles, and Fig. 12 is a top view of one end of the batten with part of the cover removed.

3o Shuttles forlooms of the character illustrated in the drawings have each a groove or recess formed in the upper side of the same, to receive the edge ofthe race-plate. The under side of each shuttle is formed with a lip,whicl1 bears against the face of the race-plate, and in the present instance with a rib on the'rear vedge of its under side, the race-plate being constructed to receive such rib, asl will proceed to explain.

40 The letter a denotes the beam of the batten, and a the racepl ate thereof, the said race-plate being formed with the curved .raceways b for the shuttles A, which are similarly curved or segment-shaped, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8.

y'Each shuttle A is formed, as usual, with a groove, D, on its upper or concave side, and the usual shoulders, D andiDz, on opposite sides of said groove, and on the under or con- Vex side has the ordinary rib, B2, and rack B',

v the said rack being adapted to engage with the pinions G, which are supported on the screws c, passingthrough the race-plate. The shuttle is provided on the side of the rack B which is opposite to the rib Bz with a rib, B3, and the groove b2 is formed in the race-plate 55 for` the reception of the rib B3, such groove means which will be described hereinafter.

The batten is supported by arms m and bolts es, which latter have bearings in the vframe of the loom, and is vibrated by means of cranks w3, carried by thel shaft y and connected to brackets y3 on the batten by rods y2 and pins y. The crank and rod at one end of the loom 7o only are shown; but the arrangement is similar at both ends. A plate, lw, secured upon one of the cranks w3, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and slotted, as shown in Fig. 4, has secured in its slot a pin, .10, to which is connected a rod, w02, joined at its other end by a pin, w', to a rod or bar, el, which is free to slide vertically in guides e, carried by one of the battenarms m. The bar e7 is provided with a pin,

e,which alternately. engages in the downward 8o movements of the bar with the notches e9 i the adjacent sides of bars e4 and e?, which are supported in the aforesaid guides e, and thereby alternately depresses said bars e4 and e5. The bars eJK and e.5 are pressed together by springs m3, 8 5 secured to one ofthe guides e, and their upper ends are connected bya cord, m5, secured to hooks e2 and ea upon said upper ends, and passing over a pulley, m2, supported on bracket m on the arm m ofthe batten. Straps e e', secured 9o to hooks e2 e3 at the lower endsl of bars e* e5, and passing in opposite directions around the pulley f on the beam a, are connected to pins g g on the rack B, whereby the rack is alternately moved in opposite directions to turn 9 5 the pinions C and move the sh uttles; y The cover h2, secured to the upper edges of the race-plate a', may be taken off when it is desired to remove or insert a shuttle, by withdrawing the screws h. The openings n in the 10o race-plate c are for the reception of the reeds and passa-ge of the warp-threads. By constructing the shuttles and race-plate as shown, the ribs D', D?, B2, and B, groove D, and rack each shuttle is caused to move accurately and B, ofthe botten having in race-plate formed steadily and Without binding in its ruceway, with :L raccway, b, and grooves b b, the pin- 15 and is also protected from dropping :is it ions C, rack B, cords e e', pulley f, bars e4 e?,

5 crosses the opening Where its moeway is inmeans for supporting and guiding said bars, tersected by an adjoining raceway, and injury the bar e7, having the pin el, and means for"` to the battcn occasioned by Contact ofthe shutopcra-ting said bam, substantially as described .J

tltfilth the curves of the raceway 1s pre- REYNOLD KOHLHAAS. 1o I claim und desire to secure by Letters PntiVtncsscs:

ent- JOHN INGLIS,

The combination, with the shuttle having KITTIE INGLIS. 

